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Author: Space CowboySpace Cowboy Date: Sep 29, 2007 08:50
My idea of full body is multiple whole leaf on a stem. In other
words something you couldn't swallow without chewing. It should clog
your pot. Its the nature of oolong and black tea processing the leaf
will break versus a white or green. I think a good British breafast
tea has a more full body taste because of the blend than single whole
leaf. I don't see any connection betweeen tea taste and leaf size. I
like sucking brew from whole leaf because I choke on fines. I'm
currently drinkg a flat pressed green whole leaf which was done by a
roller that left tire marks. Hell maybe they used a tractor. There
are weak tasting teas of the whole and pekoe sizes. Just add more
tea.
Jim
andrei....@ gmail.com wrote: > I've been buying some teas from IPOT recently and there's a funny
> thing I noticed.. I noticed that I like full-bodied teas an order of
> magnitude better than other good teas. But first let me make sure that
> I understand this right.. Full bodied means that it tastes smooth,
> full, silky, and in fact the texture of tea changes from being like
> water to being somewhat comparable to milk or coffee or something else
> entirely. To go from the opposite, you could say that teas that are
> not full-bodied are like water flavored with tea. Full bodied teas are
> never astringent, bright or sparkly. They are no longer flavored
> water, they were transfused into some new beast entirely.
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